Christine Sinclair Community Centre — Local services in Burnaby

This should be the go-to for any athlete looking to elevate their training and performance, regardless of their location in the lower mainland.

I was last here to salvage the expensive tech that Fortius was auctioning off. To those forgetting its former glory, Fortius was a facility designed to meet the requirements of elite athletic preparation. Its campus was designed as a one-stop shop for class athletes to live, train, and receive therapy. It is nice to see the City of Burnaby repurposing its previous investments and giving it such a fitting name, so to continue the elite experience of training and preparation for everyone looking to achieve their podium goals.

In the gym you will find many tools from the old high performance centre. They include: Keiser full and half racks, Keiser cables, air strength equipment, Eleiko training bumpers, Rogue deep dish plates. They have competition bench racks, and speciality bars like Ohio power bar and various Kryptons. This space is perfect for the athlete, powerlifter, and those looking for more out of their training spaces. There are many large open spaces perfect for mobility, athletic movements on their multi-purpose surface (push-sled, punching bags, TRX.

Additional facilities include a change room at the lower level of the gym, with access to steam and sauna rooms. You'll notice the details on the glass, wood panels, and general layout. Unbelievable that it is all for City of Burnaby prices!

The City must try their best to maintain this space, and do as much as possible to resist replacing the equipment and the style of the former facility. The Keiser machines, bumper plates, and the facility's condition will naturally deteriorate over time. However, I urge the decision makers not to panic over its sure-to-come costs and to consider repairs rather than replacements when equipment becomes compromised.

I already see simple (ugly) blue fold up chairs occupying the change room as well as the foyer. Please strategize how to maintain the current set up despite raising costs. By carrying the name 'Christie Sinclair', and inheriting such a fortunate set up, it has a responsibility to inspire future champions on home turf and to provide a space for them to grow.

In the meantime, I will delight in this bright spot for athletics and performance in the...

Newer, amazing, lovely building\gym. Grateful such a high-quality gym exists to use. State-of-the-art machines that don't use plates, they use compressed air. First-time seeing that, very cool. Also very cool and first time seeing gym-lockers that use a four digit code instead of a lock, in the lower floor. They should all have that.

Things that need improving: -The stairs in the gym are too skinny. Why design\build the stairs that people are constantly using to go back and forth from the upper and lower floor like that?? Awkward, undesirable moments of squeezing-by strangers. -The lockers(upper-floor) are too low, small & shallow! Why in the world would you have lockers in a GYM, where you can barely fit a GYM-bag into?? Can barely get all your stuff, shoes, coat, etc in, & get the door closed. It's an unergonomic, bent-over, awkward-struggle to adjust your stuff. What is the design thinking\sense there?! Nobody uses, or can reach the top ones. Those should have just all been full-height lockers. Would have still been enough lockers, the whole bottom-row is never-all used. -Nothing to sit on, put your stuff on but the floor, while changing in the lower floor's change room. Gotto sit on the damn-floor to do your socks & shoes. -The corners of the parking-lot entrance\exit's are not properly designed. Very awkward\unsafe. They don't have the appropriately-sized radius curve. Not up-to-code, surprised it is allowed. -Parking-spaces are awkwardly too skinny. -There should always be at table next to the inside of the main door. To have something to set your stuff on, take your coat off, get your membership-card out, etc, besides the damn floor. Common-sense. Shouldn't even have to tell you this. -When they block-off parking-spaces with barricades... instead, of placing the barricades WITHIN the length of the parking-spaces, like any sane person would do,, I see them placed PAST(?!) the end of the parking-space & IN the driving laneway's width. UNNECESSARILY limiting the driving...

I bought a Be Active pass yesterday and sat in my car a long while outside today before going in (I haven't worked out in a long time and I was nervous). Let me just say, I never felt more at ease than after today's workout. I didn't grab his name, but the man at the front-desk to the fitness center (said he usually works morning shifts) was so enthusiastic about what a great gym it was, it made me feel excited to start. He let me know that they are going to get more exercise classes going (speed cycling) and another change room in the next coming weeks. Sometimes teams of about 40 come to work out, but he said the space is big so it's not usually a problem. A group of soccer girls came in and they were polite and courteous to the regular work out people, I didn't mind. There is a locker room, but bring your own lock. I didn't check it out, but apparently there is also a steam and sauna room for use. I saw people working out without masks if they were on the machines but it personally didn't bother me as I said there's a lot of space if you like to keep your distance. Shout out to Burnaby for a great investment and staffing! Looking forward to re-starting my fitness and health...